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• Condon team big on ideas – and jargon

  January 13, 2012 in City on Page A5 If you were hoping that Mayor David Condon would “manage” the city more effectively, take heart. His transition team’s report this week was spectacularly managerial: It was full to the … 146

• Doug Clark: Hopefully, Condon won’t stop the insanity

  January 5, 2012 in City on Page A5 First real day on the job and Mayor David Condon makes noises about fulfilling his campaign promise to restore the public’s faith in the Spokane Police Department. Folks, I’m worried. 14

• An open door requires not coming unhinged

  November 16, 2011 in City on Page A5 In politics, everyone’s for openness – for accountability, for transparency – until they get a good dose of it. Then, more often than not, they climb into a bunker, start … 8

• Doug Clark: Condon, put your pull where your rhetoric was

  November 13, 2011 in City on Page B1 We’re still weeks away from that familiar moment when Spokane’s next one-term mayor will slide behind the desk in that spiffy City Hall office with a view. Although quite frankly, … 22

• Mayor’s race highlights water, police choices

    October 16, 2011 in City on Page A1 If the results of the August primary are any sign, Spokane voters liked what they saw from Mary Verner during her first 45 months in office. Characterizing herself as even-keel … 69

• Verner’s winning margin unrivaled for sitting mayor

  August 18, 2011 in City on Page A5 In Spokane, where voters routinely chew up and spit out their chief elected officials after one term, Mayor Mary Verner’s primary win Tuesday was rare. But to finish with nearly … 10

• Doug Clark: Mayor race yields losers, worse losers

  August 18, 2011 in City on Page A5 The primary is past tense. The shocking election results are (mostly) in. In capturing a whopping 59.9 percent of the vote Tuesday night, incumbent Mary Verner is making the most … 9

• Ballot questions clarify, change City Charter

  July 28, 2011 in City on Page A1 When Spokane ballots arrive in the mail this week, the largest chunk of paper will be filled with a series of questions that have received little attention. In May, the …

• Clark: Debate evinces need for clean political environment

  June 30, 2011 in City on Page A5 DOUG’S MAYORAL DEBATE DIARY … Tuesday, 5:46 p.m. – I’m walking west on Main with a spring in my step. That’s because I’m headed to the Community Building where a …

• ‘Interesting, challenging’ year for Valley mayor

  January 6, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S8 Ten minutes after Tom Towey took his seat as a new Spokane Valley City Council member on Jan. 5, 2010, he was elected mayor. The year since has been a …

• ‘Interesting and challenging’

  January 1, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Ten minutes after Tom Towey took his seat as a new Spokane Valley City Council member on Jan. 5, 2010, he was elected mayor. The year since has been a …

• Clark: Has Mayor Verner tamed Spokane’s restless heart?

  November 30, 2010 in City on Page A5 Let me be first to congratulate Mary Verner on capturing the title of – Tah-Daaah! – Spokane’s “Longest Strongest” mayor. Call her Mayor Long Strong, for short. 2

• New law puts limits on giving to candidates

  March 28, 2010 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – With little fanfare last week, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a bill that could force a big change in Spokane politics. Senate Bill 6344 could cut the tendons of …

• Mayor Towey takes helm

  February 11, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Ten minutes after beginning his first meeting as a new member of the Spokane Valley City Council, Tom Towey was elected mayor. That set off a month of frantic activity …

• Trulove up for second tour

  November 12, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page W1 Cheney will have a new mayor at the start of 2010. Tom Trulove will take the office after a 1,167 to 573 victory over Mayor Allan Gainer in the Nov. …

• Former Post Falls mayor, 97, dies

  October 31, 2009 in City on Page B3 A former mayor of Post Falls died Thursday night at age 97. Francis Wilhelm served one term, from 1976 to 1980, and lived in the city most of his life. …

• Plan to go green has some seeing red

    May 2, 2009 in City on Page A1 Citing fears of meddling by the United Nations and concern over increased government spending, some Spokane City Council members are opposing suggestions from a local task force that wants to … 11

• Let Me Finish, Geraghty Asks Politely

  September 11, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Jack Geraghty

• Jack Geraghty

  September 11, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 Personal: Age 63 … raised in Spokane … owner, Jack Geraghty and Associates public relations consulting firm … former president, Alliance Pacific Inc. … served two years in Army, four …

• Tensed Mayor ‘Madder Than Hell’ And A Lot Of His Constituents Aren’t Going To Take It Anymore

  May 23, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 In this town of 90 people, Mayor Ed Dohrman rails at the city clerk and curses constituents at public meetings. A group of Tensed voters says their two-year mayor is …